netdev - Re: [PATCH V8 1/3] virtio-net: fix the set affinity bug when CPU IDs are not consecutive

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Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:23:56 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, erdnetdev@...il.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 1/3] virtio-net: fix the set affinity bug when CPU
 IDs are not consecutive

From: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:51:29 +0800

> As Michael mentioned, set affinity and select queue will not work very
> well when CPU IDs are not consecutive, this can happen with hot unplug.
> Fix this bug by traversal the online CPUs, and create a per cpu variable
> to find the mapping from CPU to the preferable virtual-queue.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <erdnetdev@...il.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Applied.
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